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Lynda Rose <I>Saenz</I> Freeman

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Lynda Rose Saenz Freeman

Birth
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
12 Feb 1973 (aged 31)
Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Twilight Terrace, 289, B
Memorial ID
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Daughter of Gabriel Manuel Saenz &
Lou Ella Pyeatt

Marriage
To Eldon Freeman
On 20 Mar 1968 at Mindon, Nevada

Birth
California Birth Index
Name: Lynda Rose Saenz
Birth: 10 Jan 1942 at Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Pyeatt

Death: Murder Victim
John Roy Maheu, age 29, murdered 4 theater employees, including 31-year-old assistant manager Lynda Rose Saenz Freeman, during a February 1973 robbery of the Rolling Hills Theatre at the corner of Crenshaw Blvd & Hwy 101 in Torrance, California. Others murdered were ushers George Cernik, 19, and Guy Brown, 29, projectionist Clyde Felts, 49. The next month, Jack Sweeten, age 52, the assistant manager of the TG&Y store at 4675 Torrance Boulevard, Torrance, was killed during a store robbery by the same murderer. Arrested April 2, 1973 (the same day of victim Jack Sweeten's burial), murderer John Roy Maheu was found dead in his Torrance jail cell the next morning due to an overdose of barbiturates.

Lynda is laid to rest beside her mother,
Lou Ella Pyeatt (1922-1994)
Daughter of Gabriel Manuel Saenz &
Lou Ella Pyeatt

Marriage
To Eldon Freeman
On 20 Mar 1968 at Mindon, Nevada

Birth
California Birth Index
Name: Lynda Rose Saenz
Birth: 10 Jan 1942 at Los Angeles Co.
Mother's Maiden Name: Pyeatt

Death: Murder Victim
John Roy Maheu, age 29, murdered 4 theater employees, including 31-year-old assistant manager Lynda Rose Saenz Freeman, during a February 1973 robbery of the Rolling Hills Theatre at the corner of Crenshaw Blvd & Hwy 101 in Torrance, California. Others murdered were ushers George Cernik, 19, and Guy Brown, 29, projectionist Clyde Felts, 49. The next month, Jack Sweeten, age 52, the assistant manager of the TG&Y store at 4675 Torrance Boulevard, Torrance, was killed during a store robbery by the same murderer. Arrested April 2, 1973 (the same day of victim Jack Sweeten's burial), murderer John Roy Maheu was found dead in his Torrance jail cell the next morning due to an overdose of barbiturates.

Lynda is laid to rest beside her mother,
Lou Ella Pyeatt (1922-1994)

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Lynda Rose Freeman
1942 - 1973


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